Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Mind Reading

In class we
talked about the study going on at Carnegie Melon which ‘reads’ a person’s mind based on previous
exposure to brain activity. I have found this article which works similarly.
The article I have found shares how a paralyzed man takes his first steps based
solely on brain activity. The man was hooked up to an EEG that used electrical
signals from his brain and sent them to electrodes placed on his knee. The
patient endured a 19-week mental training session which allowed him to use his
own brain power to make his brain believe he could actually walk. Before they
tested the experiment they had him walk while he was suspended 2 inches from
the ground. I had chosen a couple different topics before this one, and when I
found this article it intrigued me right away. It is amazing how someone who is
paralyzed is able to use their own brain function to walk again. Throughout
class we have endlessly went over the same process and stressed how important
electrical signals are in relation to how we perceive anything. This article
proved that importance as well as demonstrating another interpretation of ‘mind
reading’.

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